Senior API & Integration Architect

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is seeking a Sr. Integration Architect to lead API management, integration patterns, and secure architecture within the National Integration Services team.

In this role you will design end-to-end integration flows, set enterprise standards, and mentor staff while delivering secure, scalable solutions onsite. You will collaborate across lines of business to enable reliable systems and modern API capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years in software design and development, with at least four years focused on enterprise integration architecture, APIs, and middleware.
• Hands-on experience with API gateways and management tools like MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong.
• Mastery of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, and API key management.
• Mastery of Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) such as content-based routing, message filtering, splitters, and aggregators.
• Experience deploying and scaling integrations using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or OpenShift).
• Expert knowledge of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and SOAP.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide technical strategy for API management, middleware, and backend system integrations and develop reusable solution patterns.
• Design end-to-end integration flows using Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP) to support both synchronous and asynchronous business processes.
• Establish and enforce enterprise standards for API design, versioning, data privacy, security and catalog discovery across business units.
• Architect secure integration patterns utilizing industry-standard identity protocols, encryption-in-transit, and perimeter firewalls.
• Monitor, scale, and optimize high-throughput message brokers and API gateway topologies to guarantee low latency and high availability.
• Work with Lines of Businesses to architect, implement and support integration solutions.
• Help install, configure, and support MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway platforms.
• Build strong cross-organizational relationships and effectively influence staff across the IT organization and broader FRS.

Skills

API integration

Enterprise architecture

OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect

Docker / Kubernetes

REST / GraphQL / gRPC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MuleSoft

AWS API Gateway

Apigee

Kong

Job description

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is seeking a Sr. Integration Architect to lead API management, integration patterns, and secure architecture within the National Integration Services team.

In this role you will design end-to-end integration flows, set enterprise standards, and mentor staff while delivering secure, scalable solutions onsite. You will collaborate across lines of business to enable reliable systems and modern API capabilities.